Anthony Ashnault recorded his fourth and fifth impressive wins of the young season, but he Rutgers University, ranked No. 15 in the nation, went just 1-1 Saturday at the Journeymen Duals at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y.

The Scarlet Knights (4-1) were upended 24-14 by Utah Valley State as the winners won the last six bouts of the match. Rutgers defeated Appalachian State 26-9 in its first match of the day.

Ashnault, a sixth-year senior 149-pounder who is Rutgers' only all-time three-time NCAA All American, recorded a win 22-6 technical fall over Appalachian State's Jonathan Milner and pinned Utah Valley State's Matt Ontiveros with three seconds left.

That pin gave Rutgers a 14-6 lead, but Utah Valley State grounded out decisions in the last six bouts, including a 3-1 decision at 184 and a 4-3 decision at heavyweight.

A four-time NJSIAA champion who went 170-0 during his scholastic career at South Plainfield from 2009-2013, Ashnault had recorded three first period pins on Nov. 3 in Rutgers' season-opening wins over Centenary, Fresno State and Johnson & Wales.

Ashnault, who was the NCAA eighth-place finisher at 141 pounds in 2015, the NCAA fourth-place finisher at 141 in 2016 and the national sixth-place finisher at 141 in 2017, was granted a sixth-year of eligibility by the NCAA last spring after he sat out last season due to knee and shoulder injuries.

Rutgers' other NCAA championship contender - junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano - went 2-0 on the day to improve to 5-0.

The former Bergen Catholic High School star who went 159-0 and was a four-time NJSIAA champion during his scholastic career from 2012-2016, won by forfeit against Appalachian State and by 14-2 major decision against Utah Valley State's Mitch Brown, to improve to 5-0 on the season.

Suriano, who was the NCAA runner-up at 125 last season and became Rutgers' first-ever NCAA wrestling finalist had two pins and a win by major decision in Rutgers' three season-opening matches.

Shane Metzler (125), a former West Morris High School star, was Rutgers' other two-time winner on the day. He won by decision against Appalachian State and by major decision against Utah Valley State.

Glasgow, who was a two-time NJSIAA champion in 2016 and 2017 at Bound Brook, recorded a 9-7 win over Josepj Accousti, on a last-second takedown.

Grello, who was a two-time NJSIAA champion at Bergen Catholic in 2015 and 2016, defeated Thomas Flitz 5-4 on a late-escape.

Colucci, who was the NJSIAA 220-pound champion at St. Peter's Prep in 2015 and is in his first season at Rutgers after transferring from Lehigh University last summer, defeated Cary Miller 3-1 on a takedown in the first overtime period.